Precious metals are not merely ornaments; they are also important components of pharmaceuticals, like the antitumor drug cisplatin. Recently, the search for alternatives with improved activity has begun to focus on gold. In the journal Angewandte…
Category: 5. Health
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Nurses and AI collaborate to save lives, reduce hospital stays
An AI tool that analyzes nurses’ data and notes detected when patients in the hospital were deteriorating nearly two days earlier than traditional methods and reduced the risk of death by over 35%, found a year-long clinical trial of more than…
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Being physically active, even just a couple of days a week, may be key to better health
Being physically active for one to two days a week, often called a “weekend warrior,” may provide comparable health and life-prolonging benefits as smaller doses of daily physical activity if the physical effort is moderate to vigorous and totals…
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New antibiotic for multidrug resistant superbug
Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Vienna discover a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea. These substances trigger a self-destruction program, which also…
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‘Is that my career over?’: Reflections of elite athletes during pregnancy
Elite athletes have shared their worries about their sports career after pregnancy.
Eleven female athletes took part in the qualitative study, published recently in the journal Sports Medicine, and described their experiences in the UK as they…
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Blood test may rule out future dementia risk
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have demonstrated how specific biomarkers in the blood can predict the development of dementia up to ten years before diagnosis, among older adults living independently in the community.
A new study, published…
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Smartwatch technology could help with future alcohol interventions
Alcohol harm costs NHS England £3.5 billion annually, with 70 people dying every day from alcohol-related causes in the UK1. According to new University of Bristol-led research smartwatches could provide a more accurate picture of people’s daily…
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When it comes to obesity-related cancers, where you shop for food matters
besity is at epidemic proportions in the United States where more than 40% of adults are obese and more than 70% are overweight. One common policy intervention to tackle this urgent issue is to try to improve diet quality by increasing local…
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Older adults experience similar or even less muscle damage than young adults after exercise
Older adults experience less muscle soreness following exercise according to research which overturns the widespread belief that ageing muscles are less resilient.
The study entitled “Advancing age is not associated with greater exercise-induced…
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Researchers use ‘smart’ bomb therapy to destroy breast cancer
A wife and husband professor team at Michigan State University are collaborating with researchers at the University of California, Riverside to create a new light-activated “smart” bomb to treat aggressive breast cancer.
Sophia Lunt, an MSU…
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